this is what she told "the new york times." >> i want to get my education and i want to become a doctor. >> reporter: when the taliban couldn't silence her they targeted her. earlier this week a gunman shot herren the head on the way home from school. that attack led to massive outrage, ordinary pakistanis uniting to denounce the taliban. each the country's christians a small minority are now praying for the girl. >> ihas the united the entire nation. everybody feeling the same way. right, left, center, people, what their ideologies are. >> the hope is her attack is a turning point, turning the country against the taliban once and for all. mohamed lila, islamabad. >> in britain getting care. amazing this bullet was, actually entered through her left temple and rested on her spine. she did not suffer any significant brain damage. amidst all of that. >> quoted a doctor, a 70% of survival. one of my favorite column nisz in the country. had a great line towards the end of the column about this. he said the ern irony, almost poetic, the taliban, they tried to kel her. inso -- they ensured sh